NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) announced the appointment of two new senior executives to lead the charitable organization as it expands for the future. The FIDF named Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir as National Executive Director, beginning September 16, and Alan E. Scholnick as Chief Executive Officer, effective August […]
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Early Sunday morning, following the observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were discovered on the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity house at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. “This is the latest in a series of incidents on American campuses which should arouse universal condemnation
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Editor’s Note: Rabbi Dow Marmur, our correspondent who divides his time between Toronto and Jerusalem, shared with San Diego Jewish World this alternative analysis about the trends of Israeli society. It is a long piece, which readers may wish to print out and read in their easy chairs. By Jim Lederman Dear Dow, I am writing
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Jewish History, Middle East
HIPPOS-SUSSITA, Israel (Press Release) — Silent evidence of a large earthquake in 363 CE — the skeleton of a woman with a dove-shaped pendant was discovered under the tiles of a collapsed roof by archeologists from the University of Haifa during this excavation season at Hippos-Sussita. They also found a large muscular marble leg
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationEditor’s Note: Following is the Rosh Hashanah sermon delivered by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal to his congregants at Tifereth Israel Synagogue in San Diego: By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–For many years, with rare exception, it has been my custom to speak about Israel during the High Holy Days. Sometimes I feel guilty about it. I
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Middle EastBy Benjamin Runkle WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the surface, nothing seemed amiss. President Barack Obama began his remarks prior to Wednesday’s bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by reaffirming “the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel, and our ironclad commitment to making sure that Israel is secure.” Prime Minister Netanyahu responded
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC)– Israel has reacted angrily at last week’s announcement by the new Swedish government to recognize a Palestinian state. Aviv Shir-On, deputy director-general for Western Europe in the Israeli Foreign Minister, met with Carl Magnus Nesser, the Swedish ambassador to Israel, on Monday. Sweden is set to become the first major European country to
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International, Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin made a festive visit to the northern Israeli town of Kfar Yasif near Acre, in honor of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, which coincided with Yom Kippur this year. Rivlin took part in a main event which brought together hundreds of participants, among them local
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Middle EastBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)—BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), EMC Corporation and Jerusalem Venture Partners recently announced the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, which will serve as a coordinating body for joint cyber industry activities with government agencies, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and academia. The initiative will promote and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — The incidence of type 1 childhood diabetes has been increasing rapidly worldwide. If blood sugar levels aren’t well-controlled, juvenile diabetes can affect nearly every organ of a child’s body. And while long-term complications of the disease develop gradually, they may become disabling and even life-threatening. The exact cause of juvenile
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I published a book titled The Routines of Politics in 1970. It had a bit of academic success, making the point that politicians spend much of their time doing the same old things that they learned who knows how long ago. I’ll not bother with a new edition, but I see reinforcement,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, has sent a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan urging him to immediately adopt standards to prevent imbalanced higher education programs with anti-Israel attitudes from receiving federal funding. Lowey’s letter to Duncan comes in response to a statement from several education and Jewish
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Mayor Ron Huldai TEL AVIV (Press Release)–It is with great sorrow that I share with you that Shlomo “Chich” Lahat, the eighth mayor of Tel Aviv, our beloved and most devoted leader who created miracles in the city of Tel Aviv, has passed away. Lahat was a former Major General in the Israel Defense
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Bibi’s latest appearance at the UN General Assembly generated headlines before the event indicating what he would say, and after the event, indicating that there were no surprises. The hall was half-empty, thanks partly to the Jewish New Year, that kept Bibi at home wHile most the world’s leaders were
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA